Sleep is a painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes which was uploaded on February 8th, 2017.
Sleep
This is a smaller replica of an 1867 painting, Sleep (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille), which Puvis regarded as his favorite work. He associated the... more
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Sleep
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
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Painting - Oil On Canvas
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This is a smaller replica of an 1867 painting, Sleep (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille), which Puvis regarded as his "favorite work." He associated the composition with a fragment from the Aeneid by the ancient Roman poet Virgil "It was the hour when the first rest of weary mortals begins" (book 2, line 268). The text refers to a brief (and illusory) respite from war, but Puvis depicts a moment of untroubled repose after harvesting--a recurring theme in his art.
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